Sadness is only temporary; after the tears flow, one must continue to smile and face life.
Rin, after all, was a child with an adult's mentality. She wouldn't wallow in self-pity or be unable to recover. Or rather, she quickly returned to normal. The barrier was removed, and she began drinking and eating with Aozaki Touko, chatting about everything.
"Hmm~ This place wasn't open when I left before. I didn't expect the food here to be so good!"
"Of course! Don't you see whose restaurant this is where I work? Let me tell you, all the ingredients for the dishes on the table and the ones you ordered that haven't arrived yet were prepared by me, and the seasonings were mixed by me. Since I'm also a diner, I asked the chef to personally handle the final cooking and preparation."
"Ah! It's delicious! Bring two more servings of that menu!"
"Touko, that's enough... The dishes are less than a third served, and you want two more servings! If you dare to leave even one caviar roe today, I'll 'take care' of Aoko twice as much tomorrow!"
"Oh dear! For my dear sister, I, as her older sister, can only silently continue to work hard and make sacrifices. Now even my figure is going to be sacrificed!"
The conversation between these two became increasingly wild. As the bottle of Lafite 1956 slowly emptied, all their elegance and image were completely thrown into the Pacific Ocean.
"Tohsaka Rin! I'm telling you! You're really pissing me off! How dare you touch my Aoko's first kiss! It's a shame I didn't act decisively when I left back then!"
"Hehehehe, opportunities are limited, and they expire! The taste of Aoko's little lips..."
"Ahhh! Shut up! You're making me so jealous!"
It looked like they were drunk and acting crazy, but in reality, both Rin and Touko had surprisingly good alcohol tolerance. The reason they were acting this way was more like using the alcohol as an outlet for their emotions. The heavy burden of salvation had already left them breathless. At this moment, it was better to use the alcohol as an excuse to go crazy.
As the saying goes, people get drunk on their own, not on the wine, and that's the meaning of this.
What was originally an elegant and romantic French dinner turned into a scene where these two, one big and one small, two crazy girls, stood on chairs and drank and played finger-guessing games on the table. But they were playing finger-guessing games with Lafite 1956... the level was a bit too high.
One bottle was definitely not enough for finger-guessing games. Shinomiya Kojiro's collection was half-emptied by these two crazy girls in one go. It's unclear how much he doted on Rin.
After a long while... the last drop of red wine in the glass was also swallowed. Rin let out a long breath, calmed down, and sat back in her seat. Aozaki Touko also chuckled and rubbed her temples with two fingers, shaking the last bit of wine in her glass with her free left hand, finally drinking it all. The small party for two ended there.
"Touko, if you have time, take me to Fuyuki to see my sister."
"Is the reward your sister's first kiss?"
"I'm not as foolish as you; I already got it when I left home."
"This lecherous woman, she doesn't even spare her own sister!"
"Of course, it will only belong to me anyway. The existence of a brother-in-law is just a creature from a nightmare."
"Hehe, same to you."
After a night, Rin watched Touko board the plane bound for London. Rin watched from afar as the figure with orange-red short hair disappeared into the plane door. She knew that when they met again, it would be the final moment.
Damn it, is it really irreversible? In the end, nothing changed, did it? The only change is that without Shizuki Soujuurou, Touko's target shifted to Alice. It seems even worse! Although the final outcome is still expected to be Aoko using the Fifth Magic to resurrect Alice, what then is the meaning of my existence?!
Rin punched the wall of the room forcefully. With Rin's punch, the entire building trembled slightly! Fortunately, Rin knew her limits, otherwise, a few more times and the building would collapse.
Rin, who had already unified the entire Misaki City's underground forces, naturally had no reason to continue staying in that underground nightclub base. At this moment, she was in a famous high-end corporate office building in Misaki City. This company had long been secretly controlled by Rin's subordinates through their operations.
Rin sat back in her boss chair, rubbing her temples with a headache. After repeated contemplation, she found that the script of Mahoutsukai no Yoru had not changed at all. Touko's departure was tantamount to an ultimatum. If she couldn't find a way to break the situation, she would truly only be a bystander.
Damn it, I've seen enough of this tragedy on screens and in novels in my previous life; there's no need to come here and watch a live-action version again! Moreover, if I don't have the ability to change the Magus's story, then what can I say about changing other tragic storylines?!
Rin felt a splitting headache at this moment. To distract herself, she casually picked up the Misaki City intelligence report presented today from her desk:
There was another malicious fight in the Southeast district, which has been quelled by Group C. The outcome of the handling is... There are suspicious individuals in the alley east of North City Street, acting stealthily and unpredictably... Hmm, note it down, they are probably Maguss.
Someone intentionally caused trouble at the Kanasuka Bar. The instigator has been beaten into a vegetative state, and the other accomplices each had an arm and a leg broken... This might have been too severe; we need to smooth things over with the police department.
There have been a large number of vehicles and personnel entering and exiting the Tohno Family compound in the past three days, and family armed personnel movements are frequent...!!!
Rin slammed the table forcefully! The sturdy red solid wood table cracked into a spiderweb pattern across its entire surface with one palm! But Rin was not in the mood for that now. She shouted loudly: "Someone!"
Orie Shiroi immediately walked in upon hearing the call, "Big Sister, what are your orders?"
"Send some of the more alert brothers from the police station to keep a close eye on every move of the Tohno Family for the next few days! Don't alert them! Big Sister, I'm going to fulfill the promise I made to you all!"
"Prom-promise? Big Sister, your promise is..."
Rin answered with gritted teeth, her emotions stirred: "Raid the old Tohno Family's house!"
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